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The following list identifies the main series of our census holdings and some of the scattered earlier returns.
N Nominal returns listing all members of households.
HF Returns listing heads of families only.
Newfoundland
1691, 1693
N
1704
HF
1921, 1935, 1945
N
Plaisance only:
1671, 1673
N
1698, 1706, 1711
HF
Acadia
1671 - 1753
N et HF
Nova Scotia
1770 - 1838
HF
1851, 1861
HF
1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
N
Prince Edward Island
1841, 1861
HF
1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
N
New Brunswick
1851, 1861, 1871
N
1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
N
Quebec
1666 - 1681
N
1825, 1831, 1842
HF
1851, 1861, 1871
N
1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
N
Ontario
1842, 1848, 1850
HF
1851, 1861, 1871
N
1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
N
Manitoba
1870
N
1881, 1891, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1916
N
Red River only:
1831 - 1849
HF
Saskatchewan
1881, 1891, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1916
N
Alberta
1881, 1891, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1916
N
British Columbia
1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
N
Victoria City, 1891
HF
Yukon Territory
1891, 1901, 1911
N
Northwest Territories
1891, 1901, 1911
N
Notes:
- Returns prior to 1851 are rarely complete for any geographical area. Portions of the 1851 Census have not survived.
- Alberta, Saskatchewan and northern British Columbia were enumerated as territories prior to 1906.
- In 1891, institutions (convents, hospitals, asylums, etc.) were enumerated separately in one block and appear on microfilm reel T-6427.
- In 1901, most of the Indian agencies were enumerated separately and appear on microfilm reels T-6554 and T-6555.
